Falcons teams advance to fifth-place contests

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Jan 25, 2013 at 12:24 AMJan 25, 2013 at 12:26 AM

McLean County Tournament fifth-place bracket semifinals from Thursday

Thursday was a good night for Flanagan-Cornell basketball programs. The boys and the girls came with victories and will play for fifth place in their respective McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference tournaments. It was also not a good night for the No. 3 seeds as both suffered losses and were eliminated tourney play in contests played against the Falcons at Ridgeview.Flanagan-Cornell 63, EPG 48 The Falcons outscored El Paso-Gridley in each quarter to advance in the late boys game. Flanagan-Cornell jumped out to a 19-12 lead in the first quarter and managed to maintain the advantage the rest of the way. The Falcons pushed the margin to 32-21 by halftime and 44-32 by the start of the fourth quarter. It appeared the inside game was key for both clubs. Matt Harrison led Flanagan-Cornell with 27 points while Bodee Schlipf tallied 27 markers to pace the Titans. Tanner Bertsche added 17 points to the Falcons’ cause and Chad Gundy chipped in 9 points. Jonathan Barth threw in 6 points. Taylor Augsburger added 12 points for El Paso-Gridley.FCW 52, Fieldcrest 50 It took Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland overtime to advance while sending the Knights home. The Falcons outscored Fieldcrest 7-5 in the extra period for a 52-50 victory. Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland was 5 of 6 from the free throw line in OT. That came after FCW outscored the Knights by two points in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime. Emily Farris was instrumental in the Falcons’ fourth quarter by scoring six points. Fieldcrest raced out to a 12-2 lead in the first period. But just as quickly as the Knights built their lead, they lost it. FCW cut the deficit to two points, 21-19, by halftime after outscoring FHS 17-9 in the second quarter. Each team netted 12 markers in the third to make it 33-31. Josie Walker led FCW (15-10) with 20 points and Sara Barton had 10. Farris chipped in 9 points and Sara Spaniol had 7. Haley Ruestman led Fieldcrest with 20 points. Tessa Holland added 11 points and Julia Jochums had 6. Heyworth defeated Ridgeview 39-33 in the other girls’ contest.Lexington 65, Heyworth 46 The Minutemen found the RHS gym more to their liking after knocking out Heyworth 65-46. Lexington won there Saturday before losing at the Shirk Center Monday. LHS raced to an 18-8 lead in the first quarter and proceeded to outscore the Hornets in each of the following three periods. Jonny Meints hit for 24 points and Donavan Laible threw in 20 for Lexington. Evan Golliday had 8 points.

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